Originally Posted by Helmet Head
There is a LAW that you can't park blocking a sidewalk. There is no such law for bike lanes (unless no parking is actually posted).
So, it's cyclists who think of bike lanes like sidewalks that have the notion they should be treated like pedestrians. Great.
Taking it to extremes again Serge?
Or is it the installers of the BL that tend to treat cyclists as pedestrians...
Cyclists are attempting to follow the law and ride in the provided lanes, have the notion that if the lanes are provided, they should be usable.
If a "no parking sign" exists, then the BL should not be blocked. No exceptions (such as those that often occur on Genesee near the little rich kid's school...).
If the BL is blocked, then the cyclist has the right to leave the BL... and not expect a ticket. It is that simple. Do the police understand that aspect?
But I also tend to believe that BL do not belong in downtown 25MPH traffic areas in the first place. Apparently in this case there is a cyclist to blame for the BL. Just as in this town a cyclist group has advocated a BL on a North Park street (was it Orange Ave) that did not need a BL.
BL have their place... and it is NOT everywhere.